Improved portable forge



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Portable Forge.

No.` 45,678. Patented Dec. 2,7, 1864;

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UNITED STATES PATENT Ottica.

SAMUIlL ROHRER, OF PALMYRA, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR 'I O HIMSELF AND W. lV.GRANGER, OF LEWIS COUNTY, MISSOURI.

lM PROVED POBTAB LE FORGE.

Specification forming part of' Letters Patent No. 45.678. dated December27, 1864.

To all 'rt-hom it may concern:

Beit known that I, .SAMUEL ROHRER, of Palmyra, in the county of Marionand State of Missouri, have invented a new and Improved Portable Forge;and I do hereby de'- clare that the following is a full, clear, andexact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the artto make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, forming part of this specification, in which Figure l, SheetNo. 1,'is a side view of my invention in a closed state, a portion ofthe side ot' the box or ease being broken away in order show theinterior; Fig. 2, Sheet No. 2, a longitudinal vertical section of thesame taken in the line .r x, Fig. 3; Fig. 3, Sheet No. 2, a transversevertical sect-ion of the same taken in the line yy, Fig. l.

Similar letters ot' reference indicate like parts.

The object of this invention is to obtain a forge of simple constructionand arrangement, which may, when in use, possess all the nec essaryparts essential for its successful oper ation and still be capable, whennot required for use, ot' being folded, and all the parts containedwithin a box convenient for transpor tation, the different articles orparts composing the invention being combined and arranged in such amanner that they may be adj usted in either a working position or packedaway within the box with the greatest facility.

A represents a rectangular box, which may be constructed of wood and ofany suitable dimensions, and has metal sockets or cleats a at its sides,near the ends, to receive legs B, which may be of metal and of anydesired height. rlhe upper ends of the legs may be readily tlttedin thesockets or cleats et and also readily detached therefrom, and when notin useareplaced withintheboxA. In thcbox A, atitslower part, thereisfitted abellows, l, of the double-actingkind, and thebottom b ot the boxis provided with hinges c at one end, and with a catch or fastening, d,at the opposite end, so that it may be set down when necessary (see Fig.2) and fastened in an upward closed sta-te when desired, as shown inFig.

1. The lid e of the box A is hinged at one end, as shown at e', and ithas braces foonnected to it. (See Figs. 2 and 3.)

D represents a fire box, which may be of rectangular' form, and has ahearth-plate, E, extending around three sides of its upperpart. Anadjustable or folding hearthplate, F, is attached to E, the formerfolding` over and nearly covering the box when the device is notin use.To the inner end or side of the tire-box D there is attached by hingeseX, a plate, G, which, when down, is 0f suicient dimensions to cover thebox D and plate E.

To each side of the iirebox 1) there is attached a pendent plate, H.These plates are equal in length to the plate E, and they are somewhatelastic, and each is connected by two parallel bars, I, to the box A,said hars being attached to the plates E and box A by pivots l1.. Theplates H are notched at each end, as 1shown at z' in Fig. 2, and thenotched ends of said plates, when the device is adjusted for use, reston projections k at the sides of the box A. By this method of arrangingthe tire-box D within the box A the former may be raised and securedabove the top ofthe latter when the lid c is opened, the plates H Hsupporting the box D in consequence of resting upon the projections k.In order to lower the box D within the box A the plates H H are pressedinward free from the projections lr, and the bars I are turned down, andthe box D consequently lowered.

J is a pipe, which leads from the bellows C toa tnyere b", within thetire-box D. (Shown clearly in Fig. 2.) The bellows G is operated by alever, K, which is fitted on a fulcrum, I, attached to the lid e, andhas its inner end connected by a rod, m, to the bellows G.

L represents the lower part of the smokestack, which is composed ofthree pieces, a, connected together by joints or hinges, o, so as to becapable of being folded together when not required for use. This part Lof the stack is provided with hook projections p at the edges of two ofits sides or pieces, a, and these prejcctions, when the device isadjusted for use, are fitted in holes gin the plate Gr. The part L, whenthus adjusted, is of flaring forni, and is directly over the lire-box D,but a short distance above it, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3. On the part Lthe upper part, M, ot' the smokestack is fitted, which may be of anysuitable length or height.

The plate G,When the device is adjusted for use, is held in an uprightposition by bars N, which have hooks r at one end of themt'o catch overplates s in the lid c, the opposite ends of said bars having screws tinthem, which t in notches in the upper edgesof the j plate G, and havenuts u on them at the front side of vsaid plate.

O represents a rest for the tongs, which is simply1 a rod bent in bailform, and having its ends fitted in one side ofthe plate E.

Pis a box for receiving tools and any of the parts of the device, saidbox bein g fitted in the box A when the device is closed or packed fortransportation.

In Fig. l the several parts lare all shown adjusted in proper positionfor use. In order to pack the device for transport-ation, the parts M L,composing the smoke stack, are detached from the plate Gr, the part Lbein g folded. The bars N, which hold up the plate G, are then removed,and also the tongsrest, and said plate folded down over the tire-box D,the plate 'F being` previously folded over on D. The plates I I, whichhold up the fireboX, are then pressed Vinward free from the projections7c, and the boxD is lowered down Within the box A. The pipe J is thende- -tached from the bellows U and the latter raised up within the box,the bottom b being also raised and secured in a closed state by thecatch d. The lever K is then detached from the lid c and the rod mdetached from the bellows and the lever. The box P is then tted in theboX A and the smaller detached parts placed in it. the part L of the.smoke-stack may be placed on the bellows C.

Thus by this simple arrangement I obtain a very convenient and portableforge, one which may be readily put up or adjusted for use, and. alsoreadily taken apart, andpacked Within a small space or compass fortransportation.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patentl. The case or box A, adjustable lire-box D, detachablesmoke-stack L M, and bellows C, all combined and arranged substantiallyas and for the purpose set forth.

2. The plates H H, attached to the re box D, and arranged with theprojections k la at the sides of boX A, to hold up the tire-box,substantially as described.

3. The plate G, when hinged to the tire-box D and used in connectionwith the smoke Stack L M, substantially as and for the purposespecified.

4. The hinged bottom Z1, when applied to tlie box A, provided with thebellows C, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

SAMUEL RUBBER. Witnesses:

Gus. LOWE, 0. I). REDMOND.

The lever K, rod m, and y

